Guidehouse reviews

3.1

41% would recommend to a friend

(2,784 total reviews)
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Scott McIntyre

39% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

Guidehouse has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,784 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Guidehouse employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Aug 28, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

I am responding to the Glassdoor review written on August 20th by a current Talent Acquisition Coordinator from Guidehouse entitled "Friendliest company ever!" It's obvious that this review was written to 'boost' Guidehouse's deplorable Glassdoor rating. I mean really? Why would any sane job hunter seek a position at any company based solely on the "friendliness" of its staff? This just emphasizes the company's questionable business ethnics. Skip this firm altogether and look elsewhere.

Cons

Read the reviews for them. Shady and deceptive business practices.

1.0
Sep 23, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

If you are a working mom in a Director position, you can definitely get away with 'pretending to work' (telling your team that you are "teleworking," when essentially you are at home running personal errands), and then blaming your team when work isn't done. No accountability!

Cons

Don't fall for the "hours over standard" scam. It's essentially Guidehouse's way of getting free labor out of their employees. When negotiating a salary, make sure you account for the hours you will work after meeting your client utilization hours each day. You will be DEFINITELY working weekends, supporting proposals and other business development tasks. Watch out for backstabbing partners and directors- there are lots of them that will only watch out for themselves.

1.0
Sep 28, 2019

Just Say NO.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Nice people. Nice salary. That's about it. Otherwise, Guidehouse is literally on fire with a circus act in its Human Capital Department. As others have mentioned, ask many questions before you join...can't stress this enough. If it feels like you're being hit with a sales pitch, you are. The company is going to sell in 3 -5 years anyway, since its under a VC firm. Keep all of that in mind.

Cons

-TERRIBLE Projects. You are told one thing before you get on board, and then you finally join the team and you see that the work you're doing is the type of work to make you go backwards professionally. - Shady directors who only care about the bottom line and not your professional development. You are just a tool for billing and revenue. Even if you're a professional with 15 years of leadership and management experience, they'll have you on a project doing "calendar management." - W/L Balance? What's that? They claim to offer that, but again lies. Once you get on board thats not the case. (However, I put my foot down and draw the line. I will not exhaust myself just to make someone else rich.) -No flexibility, no teleworking on a lot of client projects...beware. Only on an as-needed basis. How archaic. Get with the times. - Retirement package is BELOW average - Lowest PTO offering in the industry - Utilization pushers, even though before I came on board I was told that wouldn't be the case. - If you're a person that has true aspirations, you won't last long. You will see very quickly that this place isn't what you thought you signed up for. Its a waste of your time and energy. -Non meaningful work-- but thats public sector for you. - Disengaged managers. - Everyone I know is looking to LEAVE THE COMPANY.

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